Display device



Nov. 1, 1938. M. HYNDMAN 2,135,306

' DISPLAY DEVICE Filed April 22, 1938 Wye/775p Made fighi/mv? Patented Nov. 1, 1938 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I DISPLAY DEVICE: I

v Meade Hyndman, St. Louis, Mo.

Application April 22, 1938, Serial No, 203,483 Claims. (oi. 40-4) This invention relates to display devices; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a display device has special reference to display devices made of made from the blank of Fig. 1, with a portion pliable material and formed so that they may be broken away. v v easily placed upon supports therefor, even Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved 5 though the upper ends of the supports, such as display device mounted upon a support; in'this 5 bottles or the like, may include formations or instance, a conventional milk bottle.

flanges of larger diameter than subjacent por- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the display detions. vice mounted-upon a support of difierent shape. An object of the invention is to provide an The blank shown inFig. 1 includes areuate improved display device composed of flexible and end portions I and 2 terminating at approxi 10 pliable material, such as paper, having a conical mately radial lines 3, which may .be scores or portion adapted to enclose and seat upon a tapnot as desired; an arcuate intermediate portion ered portion of a support, and having laterally 4 having a length preferably approximately extended; wall portions which, in cooperation equal to the effective length of the two end porwith the intermediate areuate portion of the tions I and 2 after the end margins of said porl5 device, provide a greaterarea for display of adtions I and! have been overlapped and attached vertising or illustraitng matter, or other displays. together, and the ends of which terminate at as desired. These lateral extensions or extendlines 5 approximately radial to the axis of one of ed wall portionsadditionally function as handles the edges of the portion 4 and which may be tofacilitate manual or mechanical placement scores or not as desired; and triangular portions .10 of the display devices upon bottles or; other supintegrally uniting the intermediate portion 4 ports in much more rapid succession thanis poswith the end portions I and 2 between the lines. sible to attain manually in placing known dis- 3 and 5, and each bisected by a fold line Ii explay devices upon milk bottles, etc. tending from the apexes I of the triangular Another object of the invention is to conportions to the bases thereof, and dividing said 25 struct, arrange and assemble the display devices triangular portions into the parts 8 and 9 and so that the endsof smaller diameter may expand 8 and 9, respectively. and enlarge beyond the normal diameters there- From this blank the display device is formed of during the time that the enlarged ends of by folding the d Portion 2 and e p thesupports are passing through the smaller or along the line 6 to superimpose the part8 upon 30 reduced ends of the display devices, without the part 9' and the end portion 2 upon the interpermanently distorting or damaging the display e te p o d then folding the P I devices and irrespective uf,-whether the ends of and the attached part 8 along the line 6 to super the pieces forming .the display devices are seimpose Sa d attached p 3 111301! the P the 5 curely attached together throughout the width e d pOrt on l po er a e po thereof or not. and overlap the margin of the portion I upon Another-*bbject of the invention is to provide e a j e margin of the Portion The l an improved display device. of the character i s of the end portions I and 2 may be at ached mentioned made of a section of foldable and plibyany appropriate attaching means. such as an 40 able material, such as paper or the like, having adhesive otherwise as desired- Th h 40 oppositely arranged extensions of double thicklength of t at D i the device formed y ness of the material formed by folding one ply the ta ed- .eIIdID Q S-J and 2 is approxi? upon the other and permanently attaching the matelyiegilal-tothe length of the intermediate two plies together so that they will extend opp r i0ri-,;thB pa s 8 and sand- Bland 9'; for

5 positely when the display device is placed upon e moment being d d d .45

a support. Any desired area of the part 8 is attached to. 9.

Another object of the invention is to provide correspondin r the part 9 y ny desired a blank of novel arrangement and construction attaching S- .,-F r p p 0! illustration, for use in forming an improved display device. I e wn Q iii i of a h v II lib n 1 16* 5 Other objects will be apparent from the folnt su'rfaces:-of. .the parts 8 and 9 sothat,

' lowing description, reference being made to the w n y are folded to p mposed relationannexed drawing, in whichship as explained, they will be adhesively united.

Fig. 1 is an inside plan view of one form of my As indicated, the whole or only a portion of the improved blank from which the display device areas of the parts 8 and 9 may be attached tois formed. gether. As shown, only a portion ofthe sur- 55 across the end portions l and '2 and may ter' minate in cuts or slits ll which, when the device is made up, will be at the upper end thereof.

Also, an equal or different number of radial score lines ll may beformed across the intermediate portion 4 and terminate in radial cutsor slits l6 which also will be at the upper end of the device when completed.

When the device is completed in the manner described, the opposite side portions thereof lie flatwise against each other. Any advertising or illustrating matter or other displays maybe imprinted upon the exposed surfaces of the device after it is completed, or upon'the blank before the blank is folded intocompleted form. This advertising or display matter may be on the exposed surfaces of the parts l,--2 and 4, as well as upon the exposed surfaces of the, parts 8 and O and I and 49'. These respective parts, when attached together, constitute extensions or handles A which are approximately diametrically opposite and function not only as display surfaces and manually engageable handles for placing and removing the devices, but also as extensions which'may be engaged by mechanical means to press the displayldevices to position'on the supports, even though the flanges I! at the upper ends 'of the supports maybe of diameters considerably in excess of the diameters of the smaller ends of the display devices to be applied thereto.

This is because the slots [4 and IE will permit the reduced ends of the-truncated conical display devices to enlarge or, expand,.as do the attachments betwen the parts 8 and 9 and the parts 8' and'l'. However, the slits l4 and it are not essential and maybe omitted whenever desired; and, as explained, any desired areas of the parts 8 and O and the parts 8" and 9" may be attached together, and the'invention is'not restricted in that particular,

The invention may be varied in other particulars and those specifically mentioned. It must now be apparent that my improved display device attains all of its intended objects and purposes efliciently and satisfactorily and is designed particularly to provide better. and larger display surfaces than display devicesfor. similar purposesnow in general use. Furthermore, theex-' tensions or handles A. greatly facilitate and expedite the application ofthe devices to suppo ts either manually or mechanically, and they also facilitate removal of the devices from the supports whenever it is desired to i remove them without damage thereto. I do not restrict myself to the particular form of the device nor to the use of all of the features thereof specifically shown, but contemplate such variations in this regard and others as may be found desirable to adapt the device for its vari intendeduses.

I claim:

1. A display device comprising a flat section of f I flexible and pliable material including an arcuate intermediate portion extending approximately one-half the length of said section, two arcuate end portions extending angularly from the ends of said intermediate portion andforming angles therewith at the'outer edge of said intermediate.

portion, and triangular portions uniting said intermediate and end portions respectively;

means attaching together'the ends of said end sections, and means attaching together opposite parts of said triangular portions and holding them in double ply relationship, thereby holding the device in tapered form having said triangular portions extending outwardly-therefrom.

, 2. A display device adapted to be placed upon a support when said, taperedsupport is extended between the opposite portions of said device.

3. A display device adapted'to be placed upon a,

tapered support comprising an elongated strip of flexible material folded transversely along "two spaced lines and forming double portions adjacent to said lines, said strip having its ends overlapping and attached together between said doubled'portions, and means attaching together the respective double portions ofsaid'strip and holding said strip in a relationship to form a frusto-conical display device when saidsupport is extended between the opposite sides of said strip.-

4. ,A display device adapted to be placed upon a tapered support comprising an elongated strip of flexible material folded transversely in two places intermediate of its ends andformlng two spaced approximately triangular portions, each including two plies, means attaching together the ends of said strip, and means attaching together the two piles of each triangular portion in a relationship to form two laterally extended op-" positely disposed extensions when the device is placedupon said tapered support. 1 I

5. A display device adapted to beplaced upon a tapered support comprising an elongated strip of flexible material having upper andlower edges,

said stripbeing folded transversely'along two" spaced lines and having its ends overlapping,

means attaching togetherthe overlapping ends of said strip, and meansbetween the upperand lower edges of said strip attaching together the folded portions of said strip in a relationshipin which the device conforms to said tapered sup port when the device is mounted thereon and said attached portions extend laterally outwardly 1 from said support. a

7 MEADE HYNDMAN. 

